Ingushetia is one of the outsiders in terms of quality of life

Moscow, St. Petersburg and the Moscow region are leaders in the ranking of Russian regions in terms of quality of life. The outsiders are Tuva, Ingushetia and the Jewish Autonomous Region. RIA Novosti reported this. Among the regions of the North Caucasian Federal District, the KBR ranks 64th, Dagestan – 67th, Chechnya – 68th, Karachay-Cherkessia – 79th.

When compiling the rating, experts took into account, among other indicators, such indicators as the level of income of the population, employment and the labor market, housing conditions, safety, demography, ecology and climate, public health and level of education.

The top ten leading regions also included the Krasnodar Territory, the Republic of Tatarstan, the Leningrad Region, the Kaliningrad Region, the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug - Ugra, the Rostov and Samara Regions.

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